Learning outcomes - children learn about global warming and by using the model text, teaching notes and scaffold are able to write their own persuasive and informative texts on global warming. A model global warming persuasive information text provides lots of information, so children will learn about global warming. Teaching notes provide guidance on the features of the text type. Teaching notes also guide discussion of how the writer manages to persuade and inform. This builds the children’s understanding of the text type in order to help pupils write their own persuasive and informative texts on global warming. There is a scaffold frame that can also be used to support independent writing on global warming.

321 Reading Strategy Worksheet for use with any non fiction text.

Finding the main idea - pupils find headings for paragraphs in a desert information text.

Quiz - template for children to write questions about a topic

Sorting task for parts of rivers a course. 1. Pupils sort words into Upper, Middle and Lower Course of a river 2. Pupils sort words into sequence to support their writing of a paragraph about each of the stages of a river.

A cloze procedure to test scientific understanding, following reading the wonderful book, A Drop in the Ocean by Jacqui Bailey.

4-3-2-1 strategy reading comprehension sheet for use with any non-fiction text.